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Later that day, the court heard, Naylor texted another woman, his ex-girlfriend, to say he was ‘trying to find some money for town tonight’.

Sheffield Crown Court heard he was captured on CCTV entering Mrs Walker’s home at 9.30pm, and emerged just under two hours later.

Mr Waley said Mrs Walker, who had three children and five grandchildren, had more than 40 ‘sharp force injuries’ to her head, face, neck, arms and chest, one of which had penetrated her heart.

It is also alleged that Naylor smashed Mrs Walker’s nose and twisted her right arm until it broke, then rifled through her jewellery box upstairs before returning to attack her again at the house in Barnsley.

Naylor was captured on CCTV entering the woman's home about 9.30pm and emerged two hours later

Police arrested Naylor after Mrs Walker's body was found in her home the following morning by her son-in-law

Naylor had also cut his own hand during the attack, the court heard, and police later found his blood on the knife and a back door handle.

The jury heard Naylor lived with Miss Sweeney and another woman, Brooklyn Smith. Miss Sweeney had lived on-and-off with Mrs Walker for two years, and ‘close friend’ Naylor regularly accompanied her on visits or even sleepovers at her grandmother’s, the jury heard.

The court was told that when Naylor arrived home after the attack, Miss Sweeney, Miss Smith and his friend Matthew Potter were waiting to go out with him. Mr Potter noticed Naylor had ‘quite a lot of blood’ on his jeans and he was ‘agitated and shaking’, Mr Waley said.